Evan Fournier will likely leave the Knicks in the coming weeks/months. The player wants to leave to regain confidence, it remains to be seen when the Frenchman will leave the Big Apple. First good news? An organization might be interested.
Completely snubbed by Tom Thibodeau, just like Derrick Rose during the last playoffs, Evan Fournier made his choice in private: he wants to leave the Knicks. He would have liked to stay to win, but it is clear that the staff no longer count on him. For his future, for the Blues, it is therefore important to leave in order to regain confidence within another organization.
A first interest for Evan Fournier?
The problem is that the market is relatively small for a player like Fournier, with a very high salary. The good news according to journalist Ian Begley is that Spurs expressed an interest in Evan not too long ago. He does not specify if this is still relevant, but we imagine that San Antonio is following this situation closely.
Ian Begley (SNY) : “A few teams that could reach the playoffs had an interest in Evan Fournier. There is one franchise to watch closely and that is Spurs. They have already wanted to recover Fournier via a trade. Unless they’ve changed their minds recently, the Knicks aren’t keen on attaching extra draft compensation to a trade for Fournier. »
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We can think that the arrival of Wembanyama in Texas favors the acquisition of Evan. He wants to play for Spurs, as he recently confirmed, while he would be a very valuable mentor to help Wemby in the NBA. Here is a good argument to try an offensive, even if San Antonio can still temporize on this subject.
Note that recovering Fournier will not be easy for the Spurs, since it will be necessary to send contracts in return.
At the start of the season, the Spurs had room to absorb Fournier’s contract (18.9 million). They don’t have enough space to do that today. They will need to send contracts to meet the rules for a trade. Also note that Fournier and Wembanyama come from the same country (France) and have the same agent (Bouna Ndiaye).
An arrival of Evan Fournier at the Spurs seems quite logical after all. But for now, no discussion, even if everything can go very quickly in the NBA. We imagine that Victor Wembanyama would not be against this acquisition.
2023-07-22 18:20:00
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